Matches: An Appeal 1914    star_border 4.2
A thirty-second long stop-motion animated piece intended to encourage the audience to send matches to British troops fighting the Boer War.

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Rough Sea at Dover 1896    star_border 5.1
The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at least 100 feet into the water. A large wave rolls picturesquely along the wall toward the shore. Smaller waves follow. Then the scene changes to river water flowing. We see both shores: in the foreground a log and tree branch are visible; on the far shore, there appears to be a low wall with trees beyond it. The camera is stationary in both shots.

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The Boxing Kangaroo 1896    star_border 4.9
The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul’s peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a young boy boxing with a kangaroo. The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.

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Persimmons Winning the Derby 1896    star_border 2
Persimmon winning the 1896 Epsom Derby. Not to be confused with 'The Derby 1985' from the same director.

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Opening of the Kiel Canal 1895    star_border 3.1
The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

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Incident at Clovelly Cottage 1895    star_border 2.7
Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator Robert W. Paul in March 1895, was the "first successful motion picture film made in Britain" Considered lost since only a few frames have survived.

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